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Surgeon to resign from top hospital post after fraud allegations

The following is from Becker’s Healthcare Review. James Luketich, MD, the longtime cardiothoracic chair at Pittsburgh-based [University of Pittsburgh Medical Center] (UPMC) will step down from his role following a federal false claims settlement, the health system confirmed to Becker’s on June […]

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Why is Govt. Arguing for the Right to Forcibly ‘Quarantine’ Anyone it Chooses? (Podcast)

NY Attorney Bobbie Anne Cox single-handedly overturned the New York State executive regulation that allowed the government to quarantine whomever it chooses. Now, the state of New York is using tax money to appeal that decision. Order “Slanted: How the

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(REPORT) New Hampshire hospital fails in oversight of heart surgeon

The following is from Becker’s Hospital Review. Manchester, N.H.-based Catholic Medical Center may make leadership and internal quality changes based on the findings of an internal report prompted by a newspaper’s investigation, New Hampshire Public Radio reported June 7. The hospital commissioned

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(READ) Bipartisan effort to restore FOIA presumptions of openness, transparency

Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Dianne Feinstein (D-California) and Peter Welch (D-Vermont) have introduced legislation to try to improve the public’s access to information and ability to hold the federal bureaucracy accountable.  The Open and Responsive Government Act aims to restore an appropriate

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